SHORT READ: July 2023, AMA releases even more digital pathology codes, expanding from those released January 2023.
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In 2022, effective 1/1/2023, AMA created about a dozen Category III codes for digital pathology. CMS has said "nope" to paying for them in the hospital outpatient setting, where a lot of biopsies originate. See here.
On June 30, 2023, AMA released all the new Category III codes effective January 1, 2024, and it again includes a lengthy roster of digital pathology codes. There are also revisions to the existing January 2023 codes.
At a glance, the codes run from 0827T to 0856T or about 30 codes.
Read and review them all here:
https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/cpt-category3-codes-long-descriptors.pdf
A screen shot with a peek at the new text is here, click to enlarge.
I believe CMS will discuss the codes from January 2023 in the imminent summer rulemaking (OPPS and/or PFS) and will post valuations for these late-breaking newest codes in the November 2023 final OPPS rulemaking.
